‘I am a mother, a teacher; my bank account is in the negative’: Woman held in MDMA case

Kozhikode, Kerala: Keerthana, the woman arrested in connection with the MDMA case in Vadakara, has denied any involvement in the drug trade, claiming her bank account is overdrawn and insisting she has no links to MDMA transactions.

She made the remarks to the media after the Vadakara NDPS Court remanded her to police custody for questioning.

Keerthana, a native of Maruthonkara and a former physical education instructor at the Perambra Resource Centre, has been placed in police custody until 5 pm on Friday as part of the investigation.

“Look at my bank statement. I have accounts in two banks. My loan repayments are overdue, and my bank balance is in the negative. I am a teacher. I am the mother of a son. I will never engage in drug trafficking. At least the media should understand this,” Keerthana said while being escorted by police for questioning.

Meanwhile, police maintain that the investigation is based on concrete evidence. According to investigators, buyers transferred money to the teachers’ bank accounts to purchase MDMA.

Police have identified a 22-year-old man from Wayanad as a key figure in the alleged drug network and are continuing efforts to trace him. The officials say they have obtained evidence of financial transactions between those arrested and the Wayanad native.

According to police, the suspect is believed to have supplied narcotics extensively across Kannur, Kozhikode and Wayanad districts.

The latest person arrested in the case is Jijil Kuriakose, a delivery agent from Iritty. Police suspect that the teachers transferred money to the Wayanad-based suspect both directly and through Jijil as part of the alleged MDMA transactions.